Antiinflammatory and antioxidant activities of Desmodium gangeticum fractions in carrageenan-induced inflamed rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 975-979

  Govindarajan, R ^a   Vijayakumar, M ^a   Rao, Ch V ^a   Shirwaikar, A ^b   Kumar, Santhosh ^a   Rawat, A K S ^a   Pushpangadan, P ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b MANIPAL COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antiinflammatory; Antioxidant; Catalase; Desmodium gangeticum; Glutathione peroxidase; Lipid peroxidation; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; CAFFEIC ACID; CARRAGEENAN; CATALASE; CHLOROGENIC ACID; DESMODIUM GANGETICUM EXTRACT; FERROUS SULFATE; FLAVONOID; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; INDOMETACIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMODIUM GANGETICUM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EDEMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFLAMMATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARRAGEENAN; CATALASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FABACEAE; FLAVONOIDS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; INDOMETHACIN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPLEEN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

DESMODIUM GANGETICUM; RATTUS;

EID: 35348878467     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2199     Document Type: Article

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